"You can't be serious!" Kaiba's voice contains pure contempt. He turns contemptuously to Noah: "Do you really imagine that I am constructing an artificial body for you, based on what you have done to me so far? Please tell me that you are notsostupid Noah hangs his head guiltily. "You're right! I behaved really nasty and I'm really sorry!"
"Do you think that's all there is to it?", Kaiba snorted contemptuously, "I have better things to do than give you more freedom of movement after all that has happened. As far as I am concerned, you can go moldy in this virtual world!" Noah stands there. "I can understand that you're mad at me. I'd like to make it up to you, just tell me how!"
"You could start letting me out of here right now!" Says Kaiba coolly. "Kaiba ...", Yami tries again, but Kaiba cuts him off: "Stay out of there, Yugi! I don't want to hear anything more!"
At this moment a bright, sharp scream can be heard. It seems to be coming from behind the next hill; from back there where the tree is. Kaiba drives around instantly. He glares angrily at Noah: "Thatcertainly doesn't help to change my mind!" In the next moment he starts walking towards the tree.
"That wasn't a good idea!" Yami says reproachfully. "It wasn't me!", Noah defends himself. Yami looks at him sharply. "No, really not!" Protests Noah. “Whatever it is,” says Yami, “Apparently Kaiba has already seen some of it and that certainly didn't lift his mood.” With these words, he and Noah set themselves in motion and follow Kaiba, who hastily crossed them Meadow runs towards the tree.
Another scream can be heard. A bright voice calls for help in dire need. Yami and Noah have finally caught up with Kaiba. Behind the hill is a small valley through which a rapidly flowing river meanders. A stone bridge can be seen in the distance. Yami approaches Kaiba, who is standing motionless and looking down at what is happening on the river. As he follows his gaze, Yami-Yugi opens his eyes.
The screams come from the river. A small, dark head of hair drifts in the water. Every now and then it goes under and whenever it comes up again, panting and gasping for air, it calls for help.
At that moment a well-known person appears on the bridge. It's little Seto Kaiba. He stares down at the water with wide, panicked eyes. With all the strength his lungs can give, he screams: "Mokuba !!!" For a moment he seems to hesitate, but then he climbs onto the parapet of the bridge and jumps down into the water. A second person appears behind him. It's the young girl. She stares after Seto with wide eyes, but does not move from the spot.As if paralleled, she stands there and follows how the boy tries with all his might to fight against the current to reach his little brother. Several times his strength seems to fail, but doggedly he fights on. "I'm coming Mokuba! Hold on!" The small, black-haired figure keeps going down, she already lacks the strength to scream.
Then finally, after a seemingly endless fight, Seto gets hold of his brother. He struggles to bring him back to the bank. With the last of their strength both reach the shallow water and in a last desperate show of strength Seto heaves his brother's limp body onto the bank.
He feverishly tries to bring the lifeless figure back to its senses. "Moki, please wake up! Open your eyes, please!", He pleads completely breathlessly while he shakes him slightly. There are tears in his eyes. "Don't do that to Moki!", He sniffs, "Please wake up!"
Suddenly the little guy starts to move and gasp and cough. A relieved smile crosses Seto's face. But the first joy immediately gives way to a dark face when he lifts his head and slowly turns to the girl. She is still standing motionless by the bridge. "This is allyourfault! Get out of here!" He shouts angrily. She stands there as if moved by thunder. Then all of a sudden she turns around and runs away.
Kaiba stands there in silence. It is impossible for him to see what he is thinking. Yami now approaches him. "I suppose it really happened once," he suggests. “It doesn't matter,” says Kaiba, “It's a thing of the past. And I'll say it again: It's not your business!” “Who was that girl, do you know her?” Yami asks. "Are you deaf?", Sparkles Kaiba, "You are not interested in that!"
Now it's enough for Yami: "Damn Kaiba, why are you always such a stubborn head? No matter what happened back then, when do you finally see that you don't have to deal with it alone?" Kaiba looks down at him with amusement: " Oh Yugi, do you want to give me this friendship nonsense again? You're just wasting your time! I don't need your ridiculous friendship, is that understandable? I can handle it very well on my own but leave me alone with it once and for all! "
Yami shakes his head with a sigh: “When did you get so hard Kaiba that you don't let anyone get near you!” “Save it!”, Kaiba fights off decisively, “I don't need a psychiatrist or a philosopher to nudge me Tried to persuade me. Everything is fine with me, the way it is! Friendship is something for weaklings and for gullible types like you! If such a childish ideal makes you happy, nice for you, but I have not the slightest interest in it!"Andthatthere", with which he shows the two boys on the riverbank, "has absolutelynoinfluence on my opinion. If you still don't believe me, however, then don't Be told: I also don't need my little brother to go around me all the time. When I say I don't need anyone, I really mean nobody, understand? "
"You should reallybe ashamedto make such sounds of yourself,Seto Kaiba!", Suddenly a voice comes from behind them. The three young men drive around. Kaiba sees a familiar figure in front of him. The fire princess stands erect in front of them. One arm rests lightly on her staff, the other hand is on her hip. She glares at Kaiba with a flaming look.
"You again!", Kaiba remarks unwillingly, "A really persistent program! But apparently with a few quirks. How else can you explain that it still treats me like a five-year-old?" With these words he throws Noah a sharp one Look too. "Probably because you are acting like an immature five-year-old!" Says the fire princess pointedly. "It's enough!", Says Kaiba decidedly, "I don't have to put up with such a tone any longer! End that right now Noah, or you will get to know me!" However, he only stands there with folded arms and narrow eyes and examines it Appraisingly happened without saying a word.
"Finally get yourself back, Seto!", The Fire Princess replies seriously, "Your brother has nothing to do with it. At least this one time you can trust him." Kaiba slowly turns around. He looks critically at his counterparts. "You are not a program!" He finally states, "Who are you?"
"Really! You disappoint me Seto!", Says the fire princess, "Do you really not recognize me?" Kaiba looks suspiciously at the figure. Then he snorts. "You could be who knows who. I take this shape you owe to the technology of this system. Why don't you just reveal yourself? What is the game of hide-and-seek? I have no nerve for that at the moment!"
The fire princess shakes her head with a sigh. Finally she says: "You're right. I've got a different appearance. After all, I finally wanted to try out my program myself." Kaiba raises her eyebrows: "The program is from you? Then you have to be the head of the research department, from That fool Matsuo talked to earlier. "
Yami's eyes widen. "This is Atsumi!", Yugi states with surprise, "But why does she come in here? What does that mean?"
“Indeed!” Sparkles the fire princess, “and I'm quite angry to see how my technology is abused by you, Seto Kaiba!” Kaiba straightened: “I don't know what you're talking about.” The fire princess grabs her staff tighter . "Then I'll just show you!Maybe that'll help your memory. "
With these words she raises her staff. The meadow instantly disappears under the feet of the four and forms a large, elegantly furnished room. The young Seto Kaiba is sitting there at the table with Mokuba and is looking at a large pile of thick wads of money. In the meantime he has become a young man. Next to them is a tall man dressed in a suit. Now Seto turns to the man next to him: "Reader, I want you to buy 51% of a company with this money!" "What kind of company should it be?", The question comes back. “It doesn't matter!”, Seto replies, “The main thing is that she treats her employees in a friendly manner.” Then the man nods and immediately leaves the room. Seto and Mokuba are left alone.
"Do you remember this situation?" Asks the fire princess. Kaiba stands there with a serious expression. "Of course I remember it!", He says, "I saw that the last time I was here. My stepfather had given me the task of increasing the money that he had lent me tenfold within a year. The purpose of this was to prove that I can do business and make a profit. If I passed that test, one day he would give me the Kaiba Corporation, and if I couldn't, he would both go back to the company Send orphanage. That was the deal! "
"Really a difficult task for someone your age and a tough condition," notes Yami. “I beg you, Yugi,” Kaiba replies disdainfully, “At least from you I would have expected you to trust me more. My stepfather had a preference for humiliating others with tough trials and difficult decisions, but he has his teeth on me He thought I was about to surrender or at least fail miserably at some point, but I taught him better. That day I took my fate into my own hands. I managed to increase my money tenfold in just one day. "
Yami-Yugi's eyes widen. "What really? How did you manage that." "By a very devious trick!", The fire princess now interferes. Kaiba looks at her crookedly from the side: "What you callsneakyI callsubtle!" "I would rather sayunscrupulous!", she replies, "You may